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REQUEST FOR _ <br /> COUNCIL ACTION <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> APRIL 5, 2010 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> ? As Recommended <br /> LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ? As Amended <br /> THE SOHAGI LAW GROUP ? Ordinance on 15' Reading <br /> ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br /> ? Implementing Resolution <br /> ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br /> Clerk of the Council to execute a legal services agreement with the <br /> Sohagi Law Group. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The City Attorney's Office provides legal services to the City, its <br /> officials and employees, and related entities such as the Redevelopment <br /> Agency and the Housing authority primarily through staff attorneys. <br /> However, it is sometimes necessary to retain outside counsel for <br /> specialized fields of practice and matters that have extraordinary <br /> staffing requirements. <br /> Due to a number of pending legally complex and time consuming development <br /> matters, including the Transit Zoning Code and EIR, the related <br /> Redevelopment Agency affordable housing project in the Lacy Neighborhood, <br /> and the Go-Local transportation studies, there is a need to retain <br /> attorneys with specialized skills in the areas of land use, zoning and <br /> environmental law. The Sohagi Law Group, headed by Margaret Sohagi, is a i <br /> renowned public agency firm with the resources and skills to assist the <br /> City Attorney's Office and City and Redevelopment Agency staffs to <br /> <br /> prepare the highest quality work products within the restrictive time <br /> schedule that the projects have imposed that will best protect the City's <br /> legal interests. <br /> 25H-1 <br /> <br />